The closing performance at BlizzCon 2011 by Level 90 Epic Tauren Chieftain has drawn fire from GLAAD for anti-gay slurs in a lead-in video from guest singer George 'Corpseater' Fisher from Cannibal Corpse, reports GayGamer. Word is: "The problem? His hate for the Alliance. Specifically, the anti-gay language used to describe them. Though bleeped-out, Fisher's diatribe calls Alliance players a number of anti-gay slurs, and declares that they should die." They say this "has prompted GLAAD to initiate an outreach to Blizzard." VG247 notes the following official comment on this from Blizzard:

Thank you everyone for your feedback regarding the closing night performance at BlizzCon. While we had some other messaging worked up we were going to post, the members of band wanted to instead address it themselves:

Hey guys, we read and heard all the feedback from BlizzCon this year. The Corpsegrinder bit was never intended to be taken seriously. We are sorry that we offended anyone; everything at our shows is just meant in fun. Thank you all for speaking up. We’ll definitely keep this in mind for future shows.

Ah of course, because I don't agree with you, I'm crying/pissed off etc. A viewpoint doesn't agree with your own ergo try to discredit the person espousing it rather than debate the points they put forward. = |

And then I've demonised you (or will demonise you)as well apparently. I don't recall calling you a racist, homophobic, chauvinist demon

Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the presence of "provocative trollbait" in my posts is a measured, calculated sort of "wink wink" to accentuate my point. If you were to peruse my post history (not that I would suggest you would ever be that bored, I'm just saying if you were to) you'll notice that these types of threads are the only instances where I resort to that type of posting. I consider it somewhat of a public service : helping the overly sensitive folk overcome their hypersensitivity one insult at a time!

My use of "racist, homophobic, chauvinist demon" isn't attributable to anything you have written, but you will invariably get called these things eventually when, as in this instance, you do as I am doing in this thread and actually have the nerve, the unmitigated GALL to actually not be offended by something that is "socially mandated" that you be offended by. I'm just saving you or someone else the trouble by getting it out of the way. It's not like I actually care if this is what you think.

And again, there is no contradiction, inherent or otherwise, in not being a sissy who whines when not everyone shares in your little weep-a-thon, and your attempts to fabricate one are pretty lame.

Its like if everyone started calling people a "Prez" (or insert your name here) as a insult. Suddenly its not as much of a good thing.

This is called self-projection of one's own sissiness onto others. You assume that because you cry about stupid stuff, that naturally others will cry as well when confronted with something that would make you cry. Alas, no. Feel free to use my Blues name, Prez, or my real name, John, or even my dog's name "Roscoe" to stand in for the worst insult you could possibly think of. It won't matter to me, though I may find it flattering.

This comment was edited on Oct 27, 2011, 22:33.

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